Mazda’s CEO said the response to the Iconic-SP concept was good enough to restart rotary engine development, too.

Sadly, the only remaining rotary in a vehicle other than a concept car doesn't even power its wheels, being the one-rotor ...

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We all know about opinions – everyone’s got one etcetera – but there’s perhaps nothing quite as divisive in the automotive world as the rotary engine. Aficionados will wax lyrical about ...

Since the engine is mounted longitudinally, it powers only the rear wheels, which is a role reversal for the typically ...

The Mazda Miata is beloved for being tiny and light, a combination of qualities most modern automakers seem to avoid like the ...

However, the only major manufacturer still working on Wankel engines for cars is Mazda. The RX series of sports cars has been synonymous with Wankel rotary engines for decades. The last model was ...

2017 marks fifty years since Mazda produced its first Wankel rotary-engined car. There is, sadly, no 2017 Mazda RX-anything to celebrate that fact, but thankfully the Hiroshima-based manufacturer ...

Mark it down, auto enthusiasts. Mazda built its last rotary engine on Friday, June 22. By final, we mean the line that assembled Renesis engines for Mazda's RX-8 sports car was idled, and there ...

The iconic rotary car engine, thought to have been consigned to the dustbin of impractical technology, is making a comeback in Japan from the very automaker that introduced the system as far back ...

When people think of Japanese cars, they usually picture rock-solid reliability. That’s not always the reality of ownership.